New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1917, Page 6

[ Britain Herald. PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. (Bunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., d Building, 67 Church St. the Post Ofce at New Britdin [beond Class Matl Matter. i by carrter to anv part of the city 6 cents a weelk, 650 & month. fons for paper to be sent by mall, ible in advance. 60 cents a month, & year. > profitable advertising medium In foity: Circulation books and Fpress alwaye open to advertisers. 4 will be found on sale at He News Stand, 42nd Bt. and Broac New York City; Board Walk, At- b Cit/, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. ce Rooms TEETH IN IT, ‘orrupt Practices bill’ which ore the Senate today has been prepared by a sub-commit- he Senaté Committee on Elec- 1s understood to embody the leaders in both great politi- The limiting of the sum pent on any presidenttal can- s & good thing inasmuch as it rtail to some extent the illegal g of maney in national elec- Politics has been on the high improvement for the past Years. The past campaign was rest approach to any of the old 2 rolling methods. The future gns must and probably will be ed on high moral planes as far humanly possible to do so. ill be no purchasing of votes levalence of methods which he blush of shame to every erican cheek. The Corrupt ks bill whieh is up for con- bn today is a bill with teeth 'SEE MR. ELLIOTT. 'aré more than fifteen thou- kle-members of this community supposed to pay personal IThis according to figures com- 7 registrars of voters. The ipresented yesterday show an in the personal tax list of e thousand names which is ndication of the steady and growth of New Britain. pg past years there have been plk on the list who * evaded ment of taxes. Various rea- jve been assigned for this de- py. Tax Oollector Elliott has 6 the best of his ability and ceeded in sending bills to the jority of those residents who le to the tax. In some cases, r, the bills have not reached ination and there has been pnse. It is believed that very pple willingly and with malice Rousht evade the payment of i taxes. ould be a source of pride to fhie bodied man in New Britain Iribute his two dollars a year city’s exchequor. ‘Instead of jonal tax being repugnant it be attractive. If the city is th living in, it is not worth two collars. If it is worth o hold residence here then it right and just to contribute W the upkeep of the municipal ent. 5 p: have been instances of men f¢ to pay personal taxes, hold- view that they could not see here any benefit was derived ch an expenditure. It might that there is no benefit in a department, and a good po- ce, and the oth- tutions the city maintains for ptection of its oftizens; but I n apparent truth. Those who nderstand the benefits derived only too glad to contribute jite. /lpnea.d of waiting for Mr. to send them a bill they will ver to the City Hall and de- b his keeping the paltry sum | ‘dollars which 1s the small for enjoying the privilege of n, New Britain. If life here is rth that tickets may be pur- | at the depot to less desirous for less money. numerous BELOVED SOLDIER. tatifying to learn that a group hy Americans saw fit to pur- he birthplace of the Marquis ette in France and that it will i as a memorial museum and b for soldiers’ orphans and sol- isabled in the war. It win 0o to stimulate the partiotism Americans who have ed devotion to the memory eral Lafayette. There is per- o name in American history of course Washington and a bre native born heroes more be- han that of the young French- ho gave so much to this coun- le look upon him as an Amer- of the first order. Were | for his services this Repub- tht not be flourishing today. lyette is or should be the ideal American young men. His fairly glows with ambitions. e he started life in the un-‘ ever ero | San | American manner of possessing great wealth. But he never let that handi- cap him in his struggles for greater things. His money was ever put to good use. His fortune did net inter- fere with his fame. 'At twenty-seven he had attained a position in life that few men who started out with un- tdld riches would dream of striving for. Left an orphan at the tender age of thirteen he assumed the re- sponsibilities of marriage three years later and had settled in life when other boys of his class were just be- ginning to sow their wild oats. When he reached man’s estate he was a recognized leader of men. There is not a state in the union that has not within its territory some community named after the gallant General Lafayette. There are monu- ments erected to his memory in all parts of the country. most cherished relics of the Revolu- tionary War are blessed with having been associated with Lafayette. So this purchase of his birthplace in France will rekindle the flames of patriotism and further cement the bonds of friendship between France and America the two countries that have ever been friendly because of the magnetism and personality of Lafayette. At first a genius unappre- clated in his own country he eventu- ally saw the day when he was pro- claimed at home and abroad. His memory grows more brilliant as the | years. go by. TIME TO KRETIRE. It would not be surprising to wit- | ness is the near future the withdraw- ing of the American troops from Mexico. For the past two or three weeks there has been discussion of the matter in military circles at the national capital and, as General Pershing's force is quite inactive at the present time, there is likelihood of the boys returning to their native land. The punative expedition into Mex- ico had as its object the punishment of one Frapcisco Villa. Viewed “from that point, it has not been a success. Villa is still alive and doing business at the old stand. He is conducting this present campaign solely against Car- ranza and is not attempting any forays on American property or lives. The presence of the American troops is probably responsible for this, but they could insure the same thing by pitching their camp on American soil near the border. By remaining in Mexico they do nothing but police duty and add to the embarrassment of General Carranza, whom this govern- ment has undertaken to help. It would seem that if Carranza can in- sure the protection of American lives and property, our soldiers can with- draw from Mexico territory within a reasonable time. Whatever impudence General Car- ranza' has displayed toward this gov- ernment, his show of temper may be easily excused when all things are considered. When he asks that the American troops may be taken off Mexican territory he asks nothing more than America would ask if some foreign power planted a regi- ment here and kept it long after there was any reason for intrusion. The Republicans because of their Jarge majorities in the upper and lower houses of the state legislature have merely to nominate a man in order to insure his election to either the presidency of the Senate or the speakership of the house. Thus Senator Henry H. Lyman of Middle- field, who was last night nominated by his party as president pro tem of the senate and Representative Frank E. Healy of Windsor Locke, who was renominated as speaker of the house, are as good as elected. It is doubtfol too, if the Republicans could have made a better choice in either in- stance. Mr. Lyman has had ample | experience in the legislative halls to insure his success. Mr. Healey is one of the most capable politicians in the state. That he is one of the first speakers of the house to bé& re-elected to the chair during a period of some fifty vears is a fact that attests to his popularity and the esteem in which he is held by those who labor with him. The South is in the saddle, and, after all the things that were said against her during the late lamented cam- paign, she is using her spurs. Re- venge is eet, Our idea of something that is abso- | lutely useless is a Hughes-Fairbanks campaign button. "ACTS AND FANCIES. Some say that honesty pays—the most taxes.—Kansas City Journal. Things were cheaper when we were vounger; but did we get any more?— Francisco Chronicle. “General fight in the party” is heralded as news. news.—Albany republican Tt is old Knickerbocker-Press. Some of the | | istics of another. The songs of the college glee clubs i NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, in'?; these days take iany a tired business man back to the lovely days when he wore ribbons on a cane.—Chicago Evening Post, Perhaps some of these days the po- lce will decide not to rescue Sylvia. Pankhurst.—Charleston News and Courier. This country probably will continue to move along about the same as it did before Rabindranath Tagore came to lecture us, so little regard have our people for progress that wears a kimono over its trcusers.—Toledo Blade. THE BAYBERRY. (By James Shepard.) Abundantly the bayberry Grows on New England’s shore, Stiff upright shrubs, in rounded clumps 2 On barren fields spread o’er. Its marrow leaves of shining green In beauteous array, Are likely to remind one of The laurel and the bay. The sterile and the fertile flowers On different plants we view, The sterile plants are always green, But fertile ones get blue. The fruit, or nuts, or berries. which The fertile plants do bear, In time receive their waxy coats Of palish blue to wear. Balsamic fragrance lingers near ‘Where blue bayberries grow, Where candles of bayberry wax Send forth their golden glow. The plant is known by many names, Wax Myrtle stands for one,, 5 Myrica Cerifera too, And Candle-wood by some ‘As wax and candle berries, oft, The drupe like nuts we name. ‘While candle wax, or myrtle wax, Or tallow mean the same. Long years ago, the ehildren toiled In the bayberry field, And gathered berries all the day For wax which they would yield. The berries held within a cloth, And boiled an hour or more, Give up their wax which coming forth The water covers o’er. One bushel of the berries will Four pounds of wax produce, “Tis harder than that made by bees And best for fact'ry use. Talk not of heavy western crops Fertility to show, Here’s land so fat that tallow grows Upon the bushes low. Another shrub, the barberry, Our seaside fields may claim, Its yellow flowers in long racemes Are like a golden chain. The barberry and bayberry Are not at all the same, But people often get confused And mis-apply the name. But that mistake no one will make With this rule in their head: The barberry is never blue The bay is never red. One Language. (New York Journal of Commerce). There is no doubt that this differ- ence of language has perpetuated the progress of man along different racial lines and caused the development of national charecteristics which become fixed and- difficult to influence from the outside. Even now the mass of the people of one nation do net un- derstand the language of another, ex- cept where they become mingled across a common border or by migra- tion. There is in all modern coun- tries a class of more fortunate, more intelligent, or more educated persons, who learn other languages than their own. This extends their power and influence, and enables them to become more or less a ruling class In their own country. To maintain their pow- er they may keep their subjects at- tached only to their own language and unfamiliar with any other. This is calculated to make it easy to cher- ish an aversion to others through mis- understanding. Take the Burope of today, with its enmitles so easily inflamed. The peo- ple of one country have little means of famillar intercourse or acquaint- ance with the affairs or the character- Misunderstandings are almost inevitable, and, if rulers become at odds with each other in their selfish designs and provoke hos- tilities, it is easy to rally their forces, educated, trained and disciplined for the §pecial purpose, to war with those of another power without any' clear understanding of the reason for the conflict. It is a misfortune for Bu- rope, with all its boasted civilization, to be divided among so many nations with persistent racial Qiff sonces, maintained by diversities of language. But for that there would be no such wars as have occurred in the last century and a half. The people of the United States were at first mainly of English de- scent, but for three-quarters of a cen- tury there has been a rapid mingling of races and nationalities, which should, in the long run, become a course of national breadth and strength of character and result in a general understanding of the people of different nattons. Our people have a common language, which ought to be maintained and persistently taught in the schools, though all should be free to learn other tongues and to use them at will. A blending of race or Janguage is not to be forced, but the more complete it becomes the hetter. The people of these states should he one and become harmonious in their political feeling and in devotion to their government. If the nations of the earth could become of one lan- guage in a generation or two they would doubtless come to an under- standing with each other, which would put an end to wars. d BUSINESS AFTER THE WAR. The West Joining the East in Making Ready for It. Letter to Ledger.) Movements are now in progress in Chicago and further West by which combinations, or correlations, of fin- ancial concerns will be effected so | that a strong force will be thrown (Chicago Philadelphia into the purpose of holding the trade | f we have already gained in foreign | countries and expanding it. For a long time action was individual and independent or on such a small scale | as to have little force. It is only ! recently that ambitious business in | the West has come to appreciate the necessity of co-operation. cities the country bankers and farm- ers and manufacturers secure the ad- | vantage of the best ability. While the | average of knowledge and expertness | in respect to foreign trade is low in | the United States, there are adepts | among us who are just as skilful and | g as fully informed in regard to world | affairs as bankers in London or Ber- lin. Nor are tkese experts all behind bank counters, by any means. An in- | terest as great as that of the packing companies of Chicago necessarily has men competent to meet all sorts of trade conditions. The cattle and pigs of the West have intimate' relations’ with the inhabitants of other cou: ries from London to Pekin. Mo over, capital is concentrated here in | large aggregates. Great fortunes | move on cloven hoofs in the Chicago district. These fortunes co-work with proved ability. The history of the Chicago meat interest in Argen- tina ‘shows that these men can settle down and wait and succeed. But this capital does not stay in the cattle and pig pens altogether or even in the factories where the foods are finished up. Vast amounts of it are invested in other lines of manu- facture. Among the investments are large quantities of automobile issues, and the influence of the food produc- ers in that line is great. Thus, a motive exists for stimulating the ex- portation 'of automobiles and many other manufactured articles. The West will be found to have a great share in this extended foreign com- merce after the war is over, provided there is anything like the succéss in that line that is now reasonably an- ticipated. More work has been done in the | investigation line than the public has any suspicion of. Agents of = many interests in the West have gone to varfous parts of the world in search of opportunities. A specialty will be made of South America, where so much trade that we ought to have had has gone to European competi- tors. Justifiable Bond Issues. (New York World.) Borrowing money to pay current ex- penses is, as Secretary McAdoo says, poor policy, but the extraordinary finantial needs of the national govern- ment are not properly to be clpslfied as current expenses. Even the great increase in armament to meet an emergency which, if a true peace can be made in Europe, will soon pass away, is not strictly speaking, a cur- rent expense. The construction of the Panama Canal was a measure of national de- fense as truly as the great increase in the navy, and the purchase of the Danish West Indles, like the law for the creation of a merchant marine, the | building of nitrate and armorplate plants and the Alaskan railroad en- terprise, glving us access to coal, comes under the same heading. If we were at war with Mexico a bond issue would be resorted to at once. Diffi- culties only less onerous compel the expenditure of millions for the patrol of the border, More than one-half of the cost of the Panama Canal has been paid out of current revenues, and great sums to meet the problems forced upon us | by war in Europe and disorder in| Mexico have already been drawn from the people in the form of new | taxes. Tt is true that existing pros- perity might carry and probably will have to carry still further burdens, but a plan by which some of these obligations could he spread over a term aof years would be wise economi- cally and politically. In spite of present activity. it is to be remembered that American in-| dustry and commerce have lately been subjected to almost unprecedented disarrangement by war. High prices of necessaries are already beginning to pinch, and taxation is rapidly be- coming an affliction. On the assump- tion that these conditions are not to be lasting, some payments may be de- ferred. “Good Fellows”. (Des Moines Capital). Out in the state of Washington, ‘a Greek-letter fraternity at the univer- sity has taken & boy to raise. A 5- year-old waif was chosen from a children’s home for the unique ex- | perience. An account of the affair says that the little fellow was washed up, dressed up, given a square meal and put to bed at 8 o'clock by twenty- five noisy, college ‘“rah, rah” boys. It is further related that when “son’ knelt at his bedside and started to repeat the famillar “Now I lay me down” prayer a strange silence came over the room and there were tears in the eyes of the husky, boisterous football captaln. It is said that life at the fraternity house has taken on a different aspect. This is an example of the ‘“good fellows” that are making the world a better place to live in. The unusual conditions that confront the families | of limitel means place a responsibil- ity upon Mr. Good Fellow that he has never had before. The fraternity of *“Good Iellows” should have the largest membership in history. i — — | As we understand the alleged out- | givings of Pancho Villa, his position is that he has won the war and is now anxious to make peace on his own terms.—Dallas News. By com- | fd bining and getting leaders in the large | § “New Britain’s Busy Big Store” The New Yeaf Brings Our witer CLEARANCE SAL With Values Greater Than Ever Dresses, Furs, Bath Robes Priced For A Quick Clearance Remarkable Values In FUR SETS, SEPARATE SCARFS and MUFFS CHILDREN’S FUR SETS (Values $2.98 to $7.98 Sale Prices $1.98 to $5.98 sz! Dress Fabrics and Silks Included in This Clearance Sale 14c¢ yd. 2000 “ARDS OF (Value 25¢c.) .These are Manufacturers’ Remnants of 5 to 15-yard pieces—plenty BATES CREPE AT of pretty Plaids and Stripes to choose from. Stock up now and do your sewing for the spring and summer seasons. i OUTING FLANNELS 15¢ Eden Cloth, Sale Price, yd. ..1215¢ 15¢ Kimono Flannels, 15¢ and 12V5¢ Grades, Sale Price, yd. ..1215¢ Sale Price yd. ..10%c NEW SILKS INCLUDED IN THIS SALE $1.50 and $1.39 SILKS, Sale Price, yard .............coccccouennee...... $119 $1.25 SILK AND WOOL POPLIN (40 inches wide), Sale Price, yard .... $1.09 LINENS, TOWELS, HOSIERY AND TOWELING, UNDERWEAR BLANKETS, Men’s $1.00 Union Suits, BED SPREADS | womens 7oe Union Suits, """ o AT A REDUCTION Sale Price, suit ................ 59¢c Infants’ Vests (slightly imperfect), All-Linen Toweling at, yard . ....13}c Large Huck Towels at, each .......15¢c sizes 1 to 6; values up to 39c each. OdS;lfoPrigei;am.‘..‘.. MR . 4 ts of Men’s, Women’s and Chil- Pillow Cases (Size 45x36) dren’s Underwear to Be Sold at a Big atreach. . ... ool o 12Ye Full Size Bed Sheets, Very Special at, each ...........49¢c Reduction. Women’s Silk- Sox, Bureau Scarfs (Value to 98c), at, each ........ 39¢ Sale Prices, pair -.......35¢c, 45¢, 89¢ Women’s Cotton Hose (out size rib top) S Sale Price, pair ................ 19¢ Scalloped Napkins at, each .....1215¢ Men’s Cotton Sox, (heavy weight tan, Heavy Bed Quilts (hemmed) _“ at,_each .... .... $1.50 Blankets, Comfortables, 15¢ value), pair .............. 12l4¢ Flannelette Night Shirts, Drapery Materials, Floor Coverings at Sale Prices 75¢ values at, each ........... 59¢ $1.00 values at, each ........... 85¢ Children’s Domet Sleepers in this Sale at; each. ... .m0 N SR Special Lots of Flouncings, Edgings, Allovers,k Skirtings, ete, at 5¢, 11¢, 29¢, 49¢ and 69c¢ yard. Three Special Lots of Ribbons for Hairbows, Sashes and Fan Work; 59c. Sale Prices 25¢, 29¢ and 39¢ yard. T Vo e 0dd Lots of Neckwear, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Leather Goods, Stamped Goods, Jewelry and Shell fGicods marked at prices to move them quickly. D. NicMillan 199, 201, 203 Main Street - - - - - - . 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